Need to get yourself some damaged nut/bolt extractors. Irwin are supposed to be good, I’ve got a Screwfix Erbauer set and they’ve got me out of plenty of rounded bolt situations.

Thanks Dippy.

I hope so!

Thanks for that Lynall. Is there any risk of damage if I drive her about for a bit whilst I wait for a tool to arrive? I’ll squirt some penetrating lube around it today and loosen the clamp nut a smidge. I tried for over an hour getting it out the other day whilst doing the gasket, proper bastid...

Yes, runs lovely. Temperature seems to have returned to normal after I took the thermostat out for a second test, must have released the airlock. I’ve ordered a Durite gauge for future reassurance. Now just the blow-by on the stuck injector. Maybe the gas and oil being forced past the injector...

Well, she was running so smoothly for the past two days, better than ever in fact. Then… chuff chuff chuff chuff, aaarrghhh ffs!!! ‘Fortunately’, it’s not the head gasket again, that pesky stuck injector 4 is now blowing gas! I can’t be ar*ed trying to fix it, I’m getting a mobile mechanic out...

It was the how to check bit that I wasn’t sure about. I’ll give Steve Parker a ring. Thanks

I’m fed up with guessing what the temperature is and after the HG change I want to be sure all the time! The current gauge has always read hot as it and the Disco sender are mis-matched. If I bought a Durite (or VDO) gauge, how do I know if I’d need an adapter? Just buy it and try I guess? I was...

Oh yeah,I even liked that. What would you say the simplest way of expelling air is without draining down the system again?

None of the above! Is there actually a proper, written-down filling method? There seems to be all sorts of advice and methods out there, but is there one that can be followed step-by-step to achieve no air locks?

Yep, it’s where I filled it to. I’ve never had it get so hot so quickly before.

No, bunged it all in in one hit. I did it slowly through the rad filler with a heater box hose removed at one end to expel air. I think I’ve done something wrong filling it up!

I didn’t measure exactly, would have been about 12 litres though.

Yes, that’s where they are now. It was definitely the right way up. It must be airlock,pump or thermostat, but I don’t know what leads to my symptoms.

I’ve heard the bolts on those are often stuck fast and can snap. Great, more fun and games!

Don’t tell me that! I’m sure it’s the right way up, everything lined up and the thickness holes (3) are poking out in the right place.

I think so, but maybe it was on its way out and caused the gasket failure? I don’t know how to check a water pump for effectiveness.

Cheers. I left the injector in. Job done, started first time and runs really well. However, it now overheats after only 5 mins/2miles of driving! Top hose and rad are boiling, bottom hose is cool. Any ideas? Does this sound like a duff water pump?

Now you tell me :oops:. I did wonder if they could be left in, but I’m no mechanic! I took the rocker assembly out which gained me access to the other side, it moves with a bar on it, but I don’t want to do more harm than good! I’m going to leave number 4 in then. Thanks Flossie.

I’m just about losing the will to go on with this bloody thing! Stuck on 1 injector, well, the injector’s stuck on me. 1-3 came out fine, wiggling with a spanner and they’d pull out. Number 4 is being an absolute git, I can just about turn it, but there’s no hope of wiggling it out. Being the...